International

(BBC) State prosecutors in Paraguay have raided the headquarters of Conmebol, South America's football confederation, near the capital Asuncion. They said the move was part of US-led investigations into corruption at Fifa, world football's…

The Electoral Observation Mission of the Organization of American States (EOM/OAS) in Haiti has welcomed the establishment of a date for the presidential run-off as a "step in the right direction", and called upon all actors to work towards…

More than three billion dollars (US$467 million) were laundered in Trinidad and Tobago over the last four years, according to information reported to the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), Susan Francois, director of the unit, disclosed on…

Three foreign tourists have been injured after attackers stormed into a hotel in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Hurghada. The two attackers were killed by security forces at the four-star Bella Vista hotel. The tourists - whose…

Mexico's authorities have recaptured drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, six months after he escaped from a maximum-security jail. In a post on Twitter, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said: "Mission accomplished: We got him."…

(BBC) The leader of a Mexican drug cartel, Edgar Valdez Villareal, has pleaded guilty to drugs charges in a US court. Valdez, a US citizen better known as "Barbie" for his light eyes, was arrested in Mexico in 2010 and extradited to the US…

(BBC) Iran has accused Saudi-led coalition warplanes of damaging its embassy and injuring staff in an air strike on Yemen's capital, Sanaa. State media quoted a foreign ministry spokesman as saying planes had deliberately targeted the…

(BBC) The Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court has urged judges in his state to deny marriage licences to same-sex couples. Roy Moore's administrative order defies a US Supreme Court ruling from June that legalised gay marriage…

(BBC) A new two-year visa system for Chinese nationals visiting the UK will begin next week, the foreign secretary has announced. It will enable visitors from China to make multiple trips to the UK for longer periods, the government said.…

(BBC) An Islamic court has sentenced a Nigerian cleric to death by hanging for insulting the Prophet Muhammad in the northern city of Kano. Abdulazeez Dauda, popularly known as Abdul Inyass, was convicted after a trial held in secret to…

(BBC) German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere has strongly criticised police handling of gang sex attacks on women and girls in Cologne on New Year's Eve. "The police shouldn't work like this," he said, as it emerged that three…

(BBC) Mainland Chinese shares extended losses in a volatile session, following Monday's suspension of trading which led to a global equities sell-off. The Shanghai Composite fell 0.3% to close at 3,287.71 points, although it had opened…

(BBC) The Gambia's government has banned its female employees from leaving their hair uncovered at work, a leaked memo quoted by private newspapers says. Women should use a "head tie and neatly wrap their hair", the memo said, without…

(BBC) Police searching for a missing former EastEnders actress and her two children have found three bodies at their east London home. Sian Blake, 43, and her two young sons, aged four and eight, have not been seen since 13 December. The…

(BBC) Islamic State (IS) fighters have clashed with guards as they tried to enter Libya's oil port of Sidra. Two members of the Petrol Facilities Guard militia, which is defending Sidra, were reportedly killed. The militants are said to…